Bag-holder.



Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

- No. 7u,7o0.

H. L. FISHBACK. BAG HOLDER.

(Application filed Apr. 17I 1902.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOI? WITNESSES: I

ATTORNEYS UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY L. FISHBACK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,700, dated October21, 1902.

Application filed April 17, 1902. Serial No. 103,333. (No model.)

bus, in the county of Franklin and State of; Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and

exact description of theinvention,such as will,

enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The principal objectof this invention is to provide an improved combinedpaper-sack and twine holder in which the securing of the sacks to theholder is facilitated and whereby the taking of the sacks and themanipulation of the twine for tying them up after they are filled ismade convenient.

The nature and scope of the invention is pointed out in the followingdetailed description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a general view of theapparatus in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of thebrackets that supports a bag-holding pin. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of the bracket referred to in the description of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is an edge View of the tension device. Fig. 5 is a modified formof the twine-holder.

The main frame is composed of the horizontal bar 1 and a bar 2'inclinedthereto, with appropriate connecting-rods 3 and 4. The rods 3 and 4: arebent at their upper ends to form J-shaped hooks, so that the shank ofeach hook and the tongue thereof maybe embedded in the bar 1 and the endof the tongue clenched upward against the lower edge of said bar, andthe upper part thereof constitutes eyes 3 and 4, by which the device canbe suspended. The eyes 3 and 4 constitute stronger and better suspendingdevices than screw-eyes turned into the horizontal bar 1, and theclenching of the lower end *of v the tongue of the hook preventsmovement of the bar lon the rod in either direction. The

lower edge of the inclined bar 2 has secured to it in any appropriatemanner a series of equidistantly-located brackets 5, of spring sheetmetal, each having its upper end bent at an angle to the body of thebracketand cut out to form penetrating spurs and at its lower end bentupward to form a hook 5,

provided with a slot 5", closed at both ends.

The bag-suspending pin 6 is preferably an ordinary wire nail, such ascan be had at any hardware-store, and after it has be'en driven orpushed through a number of sacks the head portion 6 of the nail or pinis pressed down into the hook of the bracket 5, so that it shall extendlaterally into slot 5 ,'as indicated in Fig. 3.

the hook, so that when-the nail-head is down in its proper seat somelittle upward pressure will be required to move it. When the head of thenail has been secured in one bracket 5, the other end or point thereofwill rest loosely in the adjacent bracket, as seen in Fig. 1, the slot 5being made slightly to one side of the longitudinal center line of thebracket, so as to afford an ample seat for the said point. The smallersacks are hung on the pins in the lower end of the bar 2, while thelarger ones are hung on the pins in the upper portion of said bar, sothat the lower ends of all the sacks shall be in about the samehorizontal line and within easy reach of the clerk.

As shown in Fig. 1, the twine-holder may consist of a cage-likestructure 7, having its bottom supported in a horizontal position on theupper edge of the bar 2 and a projection on a wire rod 8,securedbetweenthe bars 1 and 2 of the main frame. The cage proper is indicatedto be hinged atone side to its bottom, while theother side is furnishedwith a hook 7 to engage a small staple on the bar' 2. The twine from theball 9 is passed out through the top of the cage and thence through atension device 10 on the bar 1, said tension device comprising two smallmetallic disks held together on the shank of a screw by a spring 10; butat each side of the tension device on the bar 1 I prefer to have eyes 11and 11 to guide the twine into and out of the tension device. From theeye 11 the twine is passed to a controller-weight 12, mounted to slidevertically on the rod 3. This weight has in its upper end two eyes 12*,situated on opposite sides of a plane passing through the rod 3, and thetwine is passed through these. From the weight the twine is passedupward through another eye 13 on the bar 1, and thence it hangs inposition to be reached by the user. When the twine is pulled down to geta portion for tying up a sack, the weight is drawn up, as seen by brokenlines, Fig. 1, and after the twine is broken OK the weight pulls up thefree end out of the way. The location of the two eyes 12 on the weightprevents twisting of the cord about the rod 3. .A suitable stop orcushion 14 can be fixed on the rod 3 to limit the upward pull of thetwine.

Twine sometimes comes in the form of a hollow cone, and when such a coneof twine is to be used the cage 7 can be omitted and the rod 8 bent toform a twine-holder 7", as seen in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the several features ofimprovement contribute to make up a cheaply-constructed andexpeditiouslymanipulated combined sack and twine holder. The indicatedjuxtaposition of the parts make the work of taking and tying up a sackfree from many of the annoyances, loss of time, and wastage of twineheretofore incident to retail business.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a bar 2, a series of brackets secured theretoformed of sheetmetal strips bent at their ends to form elastic hookshaving slots 5 closed at their ends, and headed bag or paper holdingpins to be engaged by said brackets, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a bar 2, a series of brackets formed ofsheet-metal strips bent at their lower ends to receive and retain bag orpaper holding pins, and at their upper ends with inwardly-bent portionsrecessed to form spurs to engage the bar 2, substantially as described.

3. A frame for a bag-holder comprising a horizontal bar 1 and a bar 2 toreceive bagholders, said bar 2 standing in an inclined position withrespect to said bar 1, and rods 3 and 4 secured at their lower ends insaid bar 2 and provided with J-shaped hooks at their upper ends insertedin the bar 1 the terminals of said J-shaped hooks clenched to the underside of said bar 1 to secure said bar 1 in position with respect to thebar 2 and form suspending-eyes for the frame, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY L. FISHBACK.

Witnesses:

BENJ. FINCKEL, GEORGE M. FINOKEL.

